in the shock to the building seven people have been confirmed dead the prime minister's office has been people from the city center removed train station probably new graduated from. the city center but there's a sense everywhere around for example just just here i mean the train at the entrance to the train station trains have all been cancelled. least with machine guns and soldiers are all around walking all around the airport here and people on a fairly operative. earlier r.t. spoke with the editor in chief of an independent news bag asean based in oslo he gave us this account of the song there was this big blasts and people were screaming running around scared there were the smoke it was just like. what we have seen for a. citizen around the world which has been attacked earlier we have looked at ourselves as a peaceful nation. even though we are in two wars in afghanistan in and in libya

so people are rather surprised shocked. those say that people mostly on twitter feed certainly social. and trying to. jump to conclusions too early i have to say though the latest breaking news essentially that the police officer he was drawn to this can and. should be juve. he is actually tall and blonde and that he has according to the newspapers a norwegian works. so this is this is rather or might be more complicated than we think it's too early to tell. dr will mccann from the center for naval analysis says the helpers of the global jihad who initially

claimed responsibility for the attack have now recanted that statement he adds europe is now facing a different kind of threat the statement came out around ten thirty this morning u.s. time. no one challenged it for several hours but then by the afternoon the same person who had posted the claim posted a retraction and apparently it seems that the forum administrator is where he posted the claim had gotten angry for him attributing it to this group helpers of the global jihad so he had to take down the statement and post a retraction the recruitment of people in europe who are not of arab or south asian background who can blend in with the majority population they've been looking for for for these type of folks for a long time because they fly below the surveillance radar. adviser to the anti terror caucus of the u.s. house of representatives dr walid far as says the bombing may be

a domestic struggle between local jihad as groups and state authorities. well first of all we have to look at the whole history between the g. hottest movement the wonder claims itself with the name today and those who find themselves with a different name five six years ago norway has been over the past decade on that list that was and not by some of the lot and by someone here and at that time in the middle and we've been asking ourselves what a good norway but there's another one and the fact is that inside norway they wear a homegrown or actually locally grown jihadi groups who have been battling politically with the government one of whom you don't know or even car who has been you know in the process of being deported but there's something else as well last week there was the publication of the book by the cultural editor for all the danish newspaper that published the cartoons in a norwegian language and there were threats so i want to put it in the framework of a struggle between the jihadist movement inside norway and the government and this

is a very harsh warning to the government by those who are just scholars what the judges are saying in their chat rooms for the last two years that they are preparing very patiently acts against not just the traditional capitals of where they attack longer mcgreevy washboard in new york but the other ones warning them so this is a critical mass reached by the jihad is inside norway and this point in time and when they reached critical mass following in their targets this is when we learned this when the norwegian will learn when they have a problem and send the concrete this is not the problem of russia alone or of britain alone or with india alone and i would even say china i imagine the five permanent members of the security council have been targeted in the same time of terrorism caught on not the same kind of. recapping now norway has been shaken by double terror attacks first the center of the capital oslo struck by a huge bomb blast damaged parliament buildings including the prime minister's office where at least seven people were killed though the prime minister himself

was unharmed next to a gunman went on a shooting spree on the i. and of new toy north of the capital at a labor party labor party youth camp where i witness reports say more than twenty people may have been killed police on the island of arrested off thirty two year old norwegian in connection with the attacks anti terror units have reportedly been sent to the camp where some seven hundred teams had gathered state secretary christine amundsen calls the situation in the country the worst since the second world war the police evacuated both the city center and oslo central rail station reports say the terror group helpers of the global jihad had an initially claimed responsibility but later recanted that statement. mark almond a history lecturer from oxford university says norway's involvement in nato is military campaigns could be a factor behind the attack. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as

a nato member in on actions line nato from libya to afghanistan will have been the basis for some backlash now whether that by flash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group that is whole star who turned over and. is obviously yet to be seen and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city mention ninety five one was a huge bomb of the federal building it would be left to the world in islamic terrorists and it turned out to work a very question from a bunch of militia men hostile to the u.s. government so with the proviso that we should not rule out all the possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously there's always political involvement. and attack on it and i think it's really hard to if one is involvements and the other is perhaps. this is trash economic i'll have an islamic group i might say no where is a soft option. if you think about

a place like london paris. targets of terrorist attacks over the years even made quite dramatic attack on the prime missile has his own. members who call him you couldn't necessarily have such a little perhaps and i'm sure norway listening very peaceful very quiet for a long time if you like mike any more involvement in the weekend in violence as always in houses miles away from our own country. danish journalist how a break says norway's intelligence agency has failed in its duty to protect its citizens. one has plenty terrorism in mind and one has also in mind. the norwegian engagement in afghanistan one could ask why norway and why now it can mark and i think that the danish intelligence service has locally prevented attacks in copenhagen and maybe just maybe the norwegian intelligence service has

not been as alert as it should have been because one has simply not expected this and we know that all over europe in the u.k. in france in denmark in norway if you sort of look back through the years. certainly one has given safe haven to people who should never never have got to an asylum one is not surprised that this has happened and we have seen it several times we saw it nine eleven middle of london we have seen the failed attacks on copenhagen and now in norway and of course the european governments and also the you know we didn't governments have to sort of rethink the frame of mind to culture european m.p. for the u.k. independence party gerrard bad things europe has invited terrorism with policy of unlimited immigration cultural. i think that in many ways we invited this problem

because hand in hand with mass unlimited immigration into prices like britain and also into into places like denmark and sweden and norway not quite as bad as ours but by a large amount of immigration we've actually also had this policy of multiculturalism and i like to draw a distinction if i can between what i call private multiculturalism and public state sponsored multiculturalism private multiculturalism where people enjoy their religious and cultural customs in private that's for i don't have a problem and i think you know i went to a hindu wedding recently and i really enjoyed it they really made me welcome on a lovely time the problem that we've got is with public state sponsored multiculturalism and even david cameron mrs merkel president sarkozy they've all now admitted that this is a problem here's where we have imported cultural customs into our country which are not appropriate in a western liberal advance democracy and instead of being very strong about this and that's not how we do things we were pleased and let these people carry on with

things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their past and in fact in britain i don't know if you know also but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got the legal system has already taken a foothold with ours and of course this is a road to ruin. political military expert believes that terror groups will use any pretext to attack targets in advance their aims. terrorism is not an ideology it's a method and it's a method of the minority here you know the group that has never been heard of before tries to make good p.r. using violence and they can use any pretext for that involvement in afghanistan involvement in iraq or you know that many conscious that have no involvement in nato operations like below will russia also suffer from this kind of terrorism so i

would not put a direct link between afghanistan and for instance and norway paying the price for it terrorist attacks are intended to produce. and to affect public opinion and it's a sin is to make. the victims for those terrorist groups but you know norway is a very specific conscious as well as russia or belittle sure neither norway nor rush home grown terrorism groups you know so-called. terrorism in russia is not basically chechen in its origin russia as well as norway is a victim of imported terrorism you know most terrorism that committed their awful crimes in russia the come from abroad the same story happens in norway unfortunately. just to recap norway has been struck by double terror attacks first the center of oslo hit by a huge bomb blast damaged parliament buildings including the prime minister's

office where at least seven people were killed but the prime minister himself was on harmed next to a gunman went on a shooting spree at a labor party youth camp police say at least eighty people there may have been killed state secretary christine amundson said the situation is the worst the country has seen since the second world war prime minister yen stoltenberg calls an emergency government crisis meeting preliminary reports suggest a car bomb with a blast so powerful it blew out windows more than a kilometer away thick smoke was seen rising from the nearby. oil ministry building after it too caught fire police evacuated both the city center and oslo central rail station reports say the terror group helpers of the global jihad had first claimed responsibility and response to norway's involvement in afghanistan but later retracted this statement meanwhile in a separate attack a gunman reportedly dressed as a policeman opened fire at a youth rally on new toy aisle in north of all police on the island detained

a thirty two year old norwegian man in connection with those attacks authorities say detonated explosives have now been discovered on the island we'll keep you updated on developments in oslo throughout the night next headline update in fact coming your way in less than ten minutes but first to switch gears for a bit latest edition of moscow out stay with us that's coming your way next.

welcome to the program on this show we are in the bottom of the city of brides roughly three hundred kilometers from moscow this. it's celebrating its one hundred forty. and with a whole range. from film festivals to exhibition it's still all happening. you can. teach us to drive and. you can also take.

the city. council. in the middle. because. you can see. and still is made. through the city. and a mishmash. really stands still. take a look at this traditional house. there are many cities in russia such as available. over the past few decades.

to see. to challenge the. project. maybe. slowly catching up to the hundreds of thousands of. straight. honest. today. the russian economy opened up the competition from asia that takes all industry felt its decline in the region the future of the city however with major renovations taking place. shopping malls restaurants and hotels are. these. if you want to experience a tree is a greasy russian city of the. event of an ideal example.

included. with this famous factories about a has always been known as an industrial center well now she is international film festival is also putting the city in the cultural spotlight named after the russian movie director and. dozens of documentaries short films and animations from around the world. one of the outstanding talents to come from the region. he spent his childhood in the town of your rights. in two thousand and seven to mark the director's seventy fifth anniversary with the support of the government and. the film festival bearing his name was established. in school but the experience of previous years will read in a what event of a film i'm most interested in so we have many russian films in the programme which the viewer is like a lot but they also want to see some exclusive which they normally wouldn't have

a chance to watch in the cinema one says film this year is american documentary modern coal which has been a big success. media watching it go anywhere you'd see it every year around one hundred fifty films a showcase at the event and i think. we can see a selection of the films for this year. also many lectures most because the film. because she's only been in the front of it so several small cities of the region bringing together how she's been through she gets to the creek town of central russia. from the palace of aunts to the museum of a friend of a there are several cultural are monks here daniel film festival for example brings many tourists and industry professionals to the region from all over the world but why is one of the world's ones that question and movie let's meet this week's guest

let's leave it to me you to meet him now tell me your involvement with the festival here. well few months ago part will begin well little more from director bited need to be director of programming or this first of all so i decided to take this to seize this opportunity to compose a competition program which would consist of or term movies of highest quality why invalid. well actually it's not in your idea to hold a nice film festivals not in the capitals but somewhere in the small cities which might be far away from maddening crowd but still can become the centers of the of the for the film industry for film lovers for filmmakers such as can you know i'm not comparing of course in vancouver with but ivanova has a great value of attracting people with the name of to cost you

a more interest to locals have with foreign films i'm not sure about the exact number but i think there are like eleven universities in the bonobos or is that huge amount of young audience young film lovers film buffs who are really ready to do war and to devour. contemporary cinema they are really very grateful when you. say only good things about along the border for example and they're even ready to embrace like oh. classical. rare. from. poems which might be of no interest for their mosque audience but here you can see like hundreds of people. it was everything that you

had with the festivals in the future. so what other cultural events have been taking advantage by storm during the summer months to celebrate the city's one hundred fortieth birthday one hundred forty girls dressed in white seen on the main streets of the native city the bride's parade as it was called was organized as part of the celebrations of the city's on the first break the term this year brides has become one of the front of his main trademarks is its female population. men considerably but now regarding the latest census authorities say the bride to be valid have nothing to worry about because there are more men than women it's less than thirty years old living in the city. is also in the city one of russia's first fashion design is. born in one nine hundred thirty eight has been named. regularly visits the city showcasing his

collections. recently an exhibition of this is on his creations is opened in the central textile museum featuring not only one of the current clothes and costumes but also works of photography. show the connection between the old traditions of making clothes contemporary fashion. and the fashion related festival called palate the same place in the town of in the event of a region celebrating the area's white connection with the production of. the event . served as the scenic backdrop for the. collections of clothes made from. the.

very. phrase lights. started in two thousand and eight. as a project. project. the impressive results that were achieved. the streams of light surrounded by. exciting. pictures created by. using various lights. i think the images are really. impressive. especially. have created several images.

to create. a flashlight a tripod to keep the. trace with. the population. has a feel of a quite. exciting. development means there's still much in this textile soviet city. nation most would simply drive through on the way to the historic and pretty domain dissin issues it seems that this region's cultural potential has really started to flourish. that we have a lot so that's how we have left on this week's program from it's all about the city of brides i'll see you again at the same time next week until then for me and the rest of the crew by about.

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six thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines norway hit by twin terror attacks police say at least eighty people have been killed in a gun attack on the island of new toy at a youth camp of the governing labor party locals who tried to rescue some of those injured claimed seeing dozens of bodies in the water earlier obama ripped through the heart of the government district in the capital also killing at least seven the prime minister's office was one of those hit but he was elsewhere at the time with the black. norwegian prime minister stoltenberg has called the attacks of bloody

and cowardly and formed an emergency government meeting to have a look crisis preliminary reports suggest that cause of the explosion was a car bomb with a one kilometer watched radio reports say the terror group helpers of the global jihad had first claimed responsibility in response to norway's involvement in afghanistan but later recanted that statement following the shooting auditory island a man was detained who police now confirm is an ethnic norwegian detonated explosives were also found on the island where some seven hundred teenagers had gathered for. political rally. spotlights up next this title going off space with alexis crow from the royal institute of international affairs to find out whether the revolutions in north africa will lead to greater security threats in the future stay with us here on r.t. .

discovery. communicate with who want to. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you. probably end of the welcome to spotlight the interview show on our t.v. i'm now doing all of them today my guest in the studio is alex is. whether last year the united states was discussing the big new start treaty they argued whether or not it would protect your approach potential your way in this but very soon did .